French dairy giant The Lactalis Group has offered its Italian subsidiary Parmalat a buyout offer of €637m for the 12.26% stake it doesn’t hold. The move from the Lactalis is to take 100% control of Parmalat in order to delist ...
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Videojet Technologies has introduced new 100W fiber laser marking system for high-speed beverage, pharmaceutical and extrusion manufacturers. The new Videojet 7610 fiber laser marking system has been developed to be used for marking ...
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Global forklift market has continued to grow since 2013 with sales exceeding 1 million units for the first time in 2014 and reaching 1.064 million units in 2015 (up 3.5% year on year), largely driven by the growth in U.S. and European ...
Belgian chocolate and cocoa products firm The Barry Callebaut Group has completed the acquisition of a chocolate production facility from Mondelēz International. The acquisition of the facility, which is located in Halle, Belgium, ...
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Santo based Texas Best Proteins has recalled 12.6 tons of products containing farm-to-market Cajun-style rice owing to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service ...
Ahlstrom has announced that it will supply a solution made from polylactic acid (PLA) and vegetable parchment materials to Caffe Vergnano in Italy and Cap Mundo in France. The company’s latest move is aimed at strengthening its ...
Elif, the “Global Supplier” of the flexible packaging industry, has been named among the finalists of WorldStar 2017 with the hybrid printing technology ‘ElfHybr’, the latest ring of the chain of innovations made for ...
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A new study by Technavio has revealed that increase in demand for craft beers will boost the beer market in Europe through 2020. Europe's beer market is anticipated to increase at a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 1% ...
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Printing inks manufacturer, Siegwerk has introduced new ink range for offset printing and subsequent electron beam (EB) curing suitable for flexible packaging. The new ink solution is designed to provide flexible packaging printers with ...
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Where Food Comes From (WFCF) has acquired a 60% stake in California based SureHarvest for nearly $2.8m in a cash-cum-stock deal. Based in Colorado, WFCF is a North American food verification company whose controlling stake in an agri-food ...
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The ranking list of Guangxi Top 100 Innovation Enterprises was issued recently. As the first list for regional innovation enterprises issued by China, it comprehensively considers the innovation capability of Guangxi enterprises through ...
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First-tier China-based touch panel makers, in view of decreased orders for projected capacitive touch solutions (out-cell) used in smartphones due to increasing adoption of in-cell and on-cell touch solutions, have extended production to ...
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The Swedish furniture company Ikea has revealed the PS 2017 armchair – their latest chair design that uses 3D knitting technology. It is a part of the brand’s PS collection which focuses on new techniques and experimentation ...
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One of Germany’s leading footwear manufacturers, Birkenstock is soon going to enter the beds and mattresses market, with their official launch set to happen at imm cologne from January 16 to 22, 2017. Birkenstock will reveal beds, ...
Tags: Footwear, Bedding Range
Kvadrat Soft Cells, one of the leading Danish producers of high performance acoustic solutions, has recently acquired the British acoustic manufacturer Fabric Systems. The move will create a powerful textile acoustics entity, which will be ...
Tags: Kvadrat Soft Cells, Fabric Systems